Blizzard, Barton
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Barton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -98.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
Low pressure positioned over the Utah/Colorado border moved east-southeast to along the Red River on the 7th & 8th. As the low intensified, 6-8 inch snowfalls combined with gusty northeast winds of 40-50 mph to whip up 7-10 foot drifts.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Low pressure positioned over the Utah/Colorado border moved east-southeast to along the Red River on the 7th & 8th. As the low intensified, 6-8 inch snowfalls combined with gusty northeast winds of 40-50 mph to whip up 7-10 foot drifts. Most businesses and highways were closed for 2-3 days. Lesser snowfalls around 3 inches prevailed across Reno, Kingman and Harvey counties but with gusty northeast winds of 40 mph 3-6 foot drifts resulted.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Butler
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.781, -96.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Chase
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chase forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.302, -96.594 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Ellsworth
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.697, -98.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Harvey
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harvey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.043, -97.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Kingman
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kingman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.559, -98.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Lincoln
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.045, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Marion
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.359, -97.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, McPherson
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- McPherson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.392, -97.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Reno
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Reno forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Rice
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rice forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.347, -98.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Russell
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Russell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -98.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Saline
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.784, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5633323, 5633324, 5633325, 5633326, 5633327, 5633328, 5633329, 5633330, 5633331, 5633332, 5633333, 5633334, 5633335.